You Don't Have to Hold It All Together.
Virtual therapy for adults navigating overwhelm, burnout, anxiety, trauma, and the weight of life's responsibilities.
Serving residents of NC, VA, D.C,, and OH.
When you're the one everyone depends on, asking for help can be hard.
Maybe you're having trouble slowing your thoughts down.
Maybe you're carrying experiences from the past that still affect how you feel today.
Or maybe you've simply reached a point where pushing through isn't working anymore.
Therapy gives you space to put some of that weight down, understand what's happening beneath the surface, and develop healthier ways to move forward.
Explore Our Services
Compassionate therapy, groups, and clinical supervision to support you wherever you are in your journey.
🌿 EMDR Intensives
Extended therapy sessions designed to support focused trauma processing and meaningful progress.
🧠 Individual Therapy
One-on-one virtual counseling tailored to your unique goals, challenges, and personal growth.
🤝 Therapy Groups
Therapist-led virtual groups that provide connection, support, and opportunities to grow alongside others.
What We Help With
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You're getting things done, but keeping up with everything is becoming exhausting. Work, family, relationships, and the pressure to keep showing up can leave little room for you. Therapy can help you understand what's draining you, strengthen boundaries, manage stress, and create a way of living that feels more sustainable.
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When your mind won't slow down, even everyday responsibilities can feel exhausting. Therapy can help you understand patterns of worry, overthinking, panic, and tension while developing practical tools to feel more grounded and in control.
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Difficult experiences can continue affecting your thoughts, relationships, emotions, and reactions long after they're over. Trauma therapy provides a safe space to process what happened, understand how those experiences may still be showing up in your life, and begin moving forward with less distress. EMDR and other evidence-based approaches may be incorporated based on your needs.
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Healthy relationships require communication, trust, and mutual understanding. Whether you're navigating conflict, boundaries, family dynamics, or the impact of difficult relationships, counseling can help you develop healthier patterns and stronger connections.
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Grief can follow the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, life transitions, or other significant changes. Counseling provides a compassionate space to process emotions, adjust to loss, and move forward while honoring what has been meaningful.
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Life is filled with unexpected challenges and transitions that can leave us feeling uncertain or overwhelmed. Counseling provides support in navigating personal, family, career, and relationship concerns while building practical coping skills, resilience, and confidence to manage life's demands more effectively.
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The way we see ourselves influences nearly every aspect of life. Counseling can help identify and challenge negative self-beliefs, strengthen confidence, and foster a more balanced and compassionate view of yourself.
Our Approach
At Living Forward, we believe healing begins with feeling heard.
Therapy isn't about having all the answers. It's about having a space to understand your experiences, recognize patterns, build on your strengths, and move toward the life you want to create.
Our approach is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in evidence-based care. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, therapy is tailored to your experiences, goals, and pace.
Our approaches may include CBT, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing, and other evidence-based interventions.
Request an a free consultation.
Complete your intake paperwork.
Attend your first virtual session.
Begin your journey forward.
What to Expect
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Lassandra Purnell, MSW, LCSW
Founder & Licensed Clinical Social Worker
As a wife, mother, Army veteran, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I understand that life doesn't pause while we're trying to heal. We continue showing up for work, caring for our families, and meeting responsibilities—often while carrying things others cannot see.
My approach to therapy is compassionate, collaborative, and practical. I help clients make sense of what they're experiencing, develop tools that work in everyday life, and create meaningful change without expecting life to stop in the process.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, burnout, relationship challenges, or a major transition, you don't have to figure everything out alone.
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Living Forward offers convenient virtual therapy and accepts select insurance plans. Private-pay options are also available.
Insurance availability varies by state and plan. UnitedHealthcare is accepted for eligible North Carolina plans. Contact us to verify your benefits.
Check out our blog
You Don’t Have to Hold It All Together
When Stress Becomes Burnout
EMDR Is Not Just for Trauma: How EMDR Can Help with Anxiety, Grief, and Negative Beliefs
Am I Failing Everyone?" The Invisible Load of Caregiving and Why Small Shifts Matter
You don't have to wait until you're completely burned out to ask for support.
Whether you've been struggling for a while or you've simply realized that something needs to change, therapy can give you space to understand what you're carrying and decide what moving forward looks like for you.
Virtual therapy available in NC, VA, DC & OH.